A beach to Connie's Beach, Cape Flattery

As soon as the tide was out far enough we set off on our way again, stopping every so often to take in some points of interest. One such stop was to look at a soak hole - where fresh water bubbles up out of the sand



At the end on the beach is the Cape Flattery mine. They mine the silicone sand and it it pumped by conveyor belt to a waiting ship to transport it away.





We got to the gate,



made the appropriate phone call and were told that the person who could open the gate for us was not available today (Sunday). However, depending on our height, there was a tunnel that we may be able to use.



So of course we checked to see that the sign was right



Then they walked through to check that the bottom was smooth



Took some things off the top of our vehicle



Folded in the rear view mirrors on our car and with John walking backwards in front checking that nothing touched the walls, Brandt drove slowly through









Then it was John's turn



Will he make it?



No! The strap holding in the gas bottle is just a little to high. That needed an adjustment or two...



and through he went. His vehicle is slightly lower than ours so nothing had to be taken off the roof. Brandt and I carried our excess through the tunnel, put them back on top and we were ready to continue.



Eventually found Connie's Beach, found a nice sheltered clearing in which to set up camp. And here we are.